I'm sure DN trusts all the people in the draft, but isn't it kind of easy to cheat. Like call a guy and ask if he is playing a lot of events, he says yes, pay him a bit to tell everyone that he is not going to play that much so he goes for a low price at the draft. WSOP starts, guy says he changed his mind and wants to now play a lot. I know conspiracy theories, but for a 25k buy-in I could see it happening.

Fairly shocking that Barry didnt know this ahead of time as close as those two are. Hard to think this was a 'last minute decision'. Sure he had to put a ton of thought into this and had time to talk to lawyers and see what his options were.